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Introducing Luge Topics. Luge refers to "A sled specially designed and built for racing. It rides on runners called steels, attached to two kufens, which are connected by the bridges. The slider rides in a pod that's suspended from the bridges. (French for "sled.")"

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Luge Word of the Day

The Luge Word of the Day is G-forces. G-forces in context to Luge means:

Gravitational forces exerted on the sled and the slider by acceleration, deceleration, and changes in direction. These forces ... Read More

Luge News

How should we use ski slopes? (Vail Daily)
A law proposed by Eagle County's congressman, Mark Udall, could make it easer for ski resorts to build things like alpine slides, such as the one envisioned in this rendering of Beaver Creek. Read More

The Lowdown on Bollinger?s, Set to Open at Anacapa and Cota Sometime in 2008 (Santa Barbara Independent)
During the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2007, a fortunate few had the chance to get down at the Al Gore after party in the Anacota Building, so named as it?s at the corner of Anacapa and Cota streets Read More

Gravity Fest organizers seek hay bale donations (The Post-Standard)
Organizers of Madison County Gravity Fest are looking for donations of hay bales to line the downhill racing course along East Hill Road in Munnsville. Read More

JANICE ANN ROWE: One down, 999 to go (The Lufkin Daily News)
Ernest and I went to some of those "1,000 Places To See Before You Die" in Canada. We arrived in Vancouver and took a taxi to the Sunset Inn and Suites in the west end of Vancouver. Read More

Luge track a southern hemisphere first for Naseby (Otago Daily Times)
The first natural-ice luge in the southern hemisphere was officially opened at Naseby on Saturday before a crowd of 400 people. The luge track has been three years in the making, and Saturday's celebrations were the icing on the cake for designer Geoff Balme, of Christchurch. Read More

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